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GAME-APPARATUS.

- Newman Lake, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to games in which a base board is provided havinga series of pockets at one end adapted to have pro jected thereinto asurface projectile.

The invention has for its object to provide a novel and improved gameapparatus. of the kind stated, with a projecting device for theprojectile as will be described in de-' tail hereinafter, and claimed.

In order that the invention maybe better understood, reference is had tothe accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and insaid drawing,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus;

gig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof, an

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the projecting device.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a base board having anupstanding wall 6 at one end, and side walls 7. At the other'end of theboard is mounted a transverse row of blocks 8 which are substantiallyangular in shape and extend between the side walls 7, the blocks beingset with their apices pointing inward. By arranging the blocks in thismanner, the spaces therebetween define a series of pockets extending ina row across the board. Certain ones of the pockets have a numericalvalue, the same being denoted on the bottom thereof as shown, whereasothers are blanks, as will be presently described. The base board formsthe bottom of the pockets, and each pocket bottom is differentlycolored, the colored surfaces also extending outward of the pockets insubstantially triangular surfaces as shown at 9. It will therefore beseen that the pocketed end of the base board has also a transverse rowof diamond-shaped and differently colored figures. The colors employedare red, white, blue, black and yellow. The black pocket is in thecenter of the row of pockets and is not given a numerical value. The endpockets are yellow and also have no numerical value.

Each player is supplied with five disks,

Specification of Letters Patent. :lfgttenijd Apr. 15, 1919- Applicationfiled m 15, 1918. Serial No. 244,965.

one of which is shown at 1 0. When three persons are playing, three setsof projectile disks are used, one set being'r'ed, another set white, andthe third set being blue. The

game is played by rolling a disk along'the board 5 so that it will enterone of the pockets. All disks found in the red pockets count 200 for theperson shooting them; all found in the white pockets count ,50, and allin the blue pockets count 500; All disks found in the yellowpocketscount neither for or against the player.v

There are four different rules for the black pocket, either one of whichmay be selected:

1st. If a patriotic game is desired, the yellow pockets are calledslackers, and the black pocket is called pro-Germans. When a disk goesinto the black pocket, the player loses all that he has previously made.If he has any disks left he may shoot them and they will count on hisscore. The player securing 5000 points first wins the game.

2nd. The yellow pockets are known only by the name yellow and the blackas black. The player shooting a disk into the black pocket loses histurn and makes no count even if it is the first shot he makes.

3rd. The yellow and black pockets are known only by their colors asbefore. The black pocket doubles all counts made before. Thus, if theplayer shoots the first disk into the red pocket, the second into theblue, the third into the black, the fourth into the white and the fifthinto the black again, he would score 2900.

'45. Yellow and black pockets known by their colors only as before. Alldisks found in the black pocket at the end of the game takes 500 pointsoff the-players score.

The base board 5 will have a bottom cleat 11 so that it may be set witha slant toward the pockets.

The projector for the disks 10 is a wooden block 12 of suitable lengthhaving a longitudinal groove 13 in the top of such width as toaccommodate the disk edgewise. This block is positioned in line with thelongitudinal center of the board 5, and it is pivot-' ally supported bythe wall 6. The rear end of the block has a tenon 14 passing looselythrough an aperture in the wall 6, and on the outside thereof it isfitted with a handle 15. The block is pivoted onan axis coinciding withthe longitudinal center line of block, and the length of the groove '13,and hence the block is tiltable sideW-ise; 'The' disk 10 is placed inthe groove and allowed 7 to roll out of the same due to the slope of]the "board, or it may be shot out by the finger moved-"forward along thetop of the block 12. By tipping the disk to: one side or the other upontilting the block 12, its movement can be controlled to some extent-,-it beingunderstood that the player will endeavor to pr ject the disk sothat it Will go into the.

, and aidisk proj ectorpositioned at the other end of the board andhaving a longitudinal groove to seat the disk, said projectorbeingpivotallymounted for a tilting movement sidewise. H V V r 2.. In agame apparatus, a base board having a transverse row of pockets at oneend, and

a disl; projector positioned at the other end end of thezboard saidendhavinganupstanding all and the projector having a tenon at itsrearfendjournaled in said Wall to; permit. the projectorto he tiltedSide- W'ifse, said tenon beingproivided'with a handle outside said Wall,and the top of the projector having a longitudinal groove for seatingthe disk. t

In test mony whereof I affix signature.

'VORRIN W. WATSON.

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